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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #22

Welcome to my 22nd edition of Thursday Thirteen! Today's list is the opposite of a "bucket list." These are 13 things I will never voluntary do.

1. Have a snake as a household pet - Snakes give me the creeps. Growing up, we had friends that had a "pet" snake. I couldn't sleep in the same room with it. I will never willingly have a snake in my home.

2. Play with a frog or toad - A few years ago, I went to the back porch to put my shoes on, no socks. A toad had crawled in my shoe, and it was completely disgusting.

3. Watch any of the Saw movies -too creepy! I like mystery, suspense, adventure, and a little thrill, but I don't enjoy gratuitous blood and guts. Click the link (Saw) if you like that sort of thing.

4. Sky dive - I have no desire to jump out of an airplane with nothing but a parachute. It looks cool, but I don't want to do it.

5. Play paintball - I finally played laser tag for the first time in January, but I'm pretty sure you have to be in tip-top shape to play paintball, and it probably hurts when you get shots.

6. Get my PhD. - I'm content having my Master's in Education, and I may eventually get another one, but I don't see myself ever going for the Doctorate.

9. Bungee Jump - A little too adventurous for me. I saw a cartoon of Humpty Dumpty bungee jumping, and of course, he cracked his head open. I couldn't post it here because it was copyrighted, but surely that would happen to me.

10. Ride the Boardwalk Bullet at Kemah- I saw the progress of this roller coaster from the ground up, and I usually like roller coasters, but it's my life's goal NOT to ride this one.

11. Own a Hummer - Gas guzzlers. Nuff said.

12. Lay down in a coffin - my ex-husband was a funeral director, and I don't think I could ever bring myself to lie down in a casket or coffin.

13.Swim with Sharks- My brother-in-law has done this, but it's not my cup of tea. They are too unpredictable, and I don't want to take any chances.

25 comments:

I absolutely agree as well. Except I won't ride any roller coaster...well the mildest ones, but that's all. I get sea sick on a merry go around. I'm afraid of heights, and I'll let others eat all the disgusting stuff unless I'm starving.

I ditto everyone of those! I was helping in a haunted house one time (years ago) and I refused to lie down in the coffin! The only way that I will be laying in one is when I am dead! LOL! I shudder now! :)

I agree with all of your point but one: #2: As a boy we played with frogs. And we do have a couple of toads in our summer garden. We like them, as they eat the killer/iberian snails. Every fall, one of them comes for a evening visit to our platform. Just sitting there looking at us, then walks away again.

I am on board with you on all but two. I am sure that somewhere in my rural childhood I played with some frogs or toads. I have ridden some pretty good roller coasters. http://myrtlebeachramblings.blogspot.com/2008/03/thursday-thirteen-american-idol-rejects.html